리듬파워 ~ 스투피드 러브 (피쳐링 크러쉬)

Rhythm Power, “Stupid Love (feat. Crush)”

I really like this song with its electrovibe-backed calming rap. But I like the music video even better. I really, really, really like the mv. The insane amount of work that goes into creating a stop-animation film is almost always worthwhile because it creates an end-product that is authentic, singular, and quite frequently touching. The effort is veritably palpable. The heartbreak that the little yarn-ball figure experiences is so much more expressive in stop-animation than if it had been done in pretty much any other medium. What really sold me on this song was… its video.

Also, this song helped remind me of the concept of mil-dang (밀당), which loosely translates to playing hard-to get. This blog post from Blank Doodles helps explain the concept more thoroughly (Warning! The site sometimes plays music).

BUT I went to find an English translation for “Stupid Love” and came up empty-handed. Again, I figured a very poor English translation is better than nothing? Maybe? Things (in parenthesis) are things implied but not explicitly in the lyrics.